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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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